Kasper Hansen: Scaling legal ops at Arla Foods

In this episode of The Legal Leaders Podcast, host David Lancelot talks with Kasper Hansen, Head of Legal Operations at Arla Foods, about the evolution of legal ops in Scandinavia, the skills today’s legal teams need, and how operational mindset transforms the in-house legal function.

They discuss:

• How Kasper built Arla’s legal operations function from the ground up
• Why data, curiosity, and cross-functional fluency matter more than ever in legal
• The coming impact of AI and why structured data is now a critical legal asset

Tune in for an unfiltered conversation on modern legal operations, the rise of the operational lawyer, and how legal teams can accelerate the business through data and process discipline.

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